What are those smaller rivers that flow into a large, main river called?
A.Feeders
B.Streams
C.Tributaries
D.Rivulets
Category: General Geography Mcqs
What are the Selvas?
A.The forests in the Tropics.
B.Hot, wet equatorial evergreen forests.
C.The jungles of India.
D.The woods in the Iberian peninsula.
Which is the specific feature of the Mercator Projection?
A.It distorts the shape of India.
B.It flattens the world.
C.It makes Australia rectangular.
D.It exaggerates Greenland almost 25 times.
What is significant about the town of Greenwich?
A.The International Date Line passes through it.
B.The 0? (Zero) meridian passes thrrough it and therefore the world sets its time by it.
C.It is at 180? longitude.
D.It is a major horological research centre in Britain.
What are Chernozem soils?
A.Black soils of great fertility – as in the Steppes.
B.Infertile soils.
C.Soils affected by radiation.
D.Soils found in Eastern Europe
In which direction is the Tropic of Capricorn in relation to the Equator?
A.North
B.South
C.East
D.West
In what units is rainfall usually measured in Pakistan?
A.Cubic centimetres
B.Centimetres
C.Grams
D.Litres
What is the science of making maps called?
A.Cartography
B.Seismography
C.Pantography
D.Geodesy
The earth is not a true sphere. Then what is it?
A.It is elliptical
B.It is oval
C.It is slightly flattened at the Poles and bulges slightly at the Equator.
D.It is flat at the top and bottom.
From West to East, what are the three main island groups in the Pacific called?
A.Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
B.Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia.
C.Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.
D.Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia.
